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Does anyone have any information on how to use vinegar (acetic acid) to treat for mites? I see vinegar vaporizers advertised in bee magazines, but there has to be a way for hobby keepers to use this stuff without spending a lot of money. I'd love to try it.

there are some that say acetic acid in vineger should works like oxalic acid or formic acid, they use a vaporizer to put in the hives, I heard of some (few) that only use viniger in hives by fogging it but there is no studies as for as I know about it. like finsky said its just something that poped in someones head one day after reading about formic and oxalic acids.

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Never be afraid to try something new. Amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic

In theory any organic acid is likely to have a similar effect on Varroa and bees. That would include Formic, Oxalic, Lactic and Acetic (vinegar). But the oxalic is cheaper to ship (the liquid ones have handling charges added on), cheaper to buy, and easy to use.I also doesn't require buying an expensive vaporizer, although this one is probably worth the cost so you can stand back far enough upwind to avoid the fumes better:

i can not disagree with finsky, BUT :-D if varoa is like some say 100 times more prone to acids, concentrated acetic acid should have the same effect, then again, if you have concentrated acetic acid, it's just as harmfull to bees as any other acids-organic. we can't forget vinegar is only what 5%?

ITS STRANGE THAT SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO DISAGREE ABOUT THINGS THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT LIKE VAPORIZER FOR INSTANCE--GNHONEY--

MORE STANGE IS THAT IF I GIVE A SURE METHOD, HE MUST TWIST IT TO HIS OWN EVEN IF HE HAS ONLY ONE HIVE.

I have treated mites 20 years.Treating methods have changed all the time. Now there are several good treatments and you need meet any more varroa killed hives, if you do it like methods say.

One secret in acetic acid and formic acid may be that formic's boiling point is 101 C and acetic 118 C. Formic acid gives better result because it is more volatile and need not heating. Thymol is another one. Acetic acid is recommended nowhere even if it works.

Or small cell beekeeping where you don't need to do the vinegar thingy.

Many have tried small cells and some have loosed everything. It is real trap for beginners.

Another trap is Russian bees.

Finski: Is now when you say, " I have been nurseing bees for 45 years"? whatever that is supposed to mean. I have been associated with bees long enough to know that i don't know all there is to know about bees. Its evident you haven't that long. Charlie